A 13-year-old teenager, Aadish is speech and hearing impaired. Brushing aside those limitations, Aadish has also climbed the ladder of success by being the youngest player to represent India in the silent chess held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in the first week of October.
Aadish was among the team of four players who represented India in International open chess tournament organised by International Committee of Silent Chess.
The team of players comprising Somaiah Aadish, Kappalavadi Gunasekaran Agilan, Koratikere Shashidhara, Kshirsagar Darshan, Kulkarni Nihar, Parathasarathy Jayanth (two reserve players) were selected by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) for the first Asian Team Deaf Chess Championship at Tashkent.
The class VII boy from city who was the youngest among all the players played all the matches and scored three out of five points.
Placed second
The Indian team was placed second in the international tournament where players from India, Uzbekistan, Kirgisthan and Kazakistan and other countries attended.
Aadish’s game received tremendous applause and appreciation in the tourney. The team from Kazakistan was placed first, said Shanthi, Aadish’s mother who accompanied her son to Uzbek.
Aadish who was initially coached by Vedavathi Purushotham in Yadavagiri has shone in many national championships held in Gujarat, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and he has consistently stayed among the top four players in India among the specially-abled category.
A class VII student of Kanika Cauvery Vidya Samsthe, Aadish has been studying at a regular and normal school fighting his odds like a true champion. “His grand mother Hamsapathi Raj has been a great source of inspiration for him. She has supported his talent like no other.
Intl tourney
Aadish was also selected to represent another international tourney in Germany from Tuesday (Oct 18). Though we wanted to attend the tournament, a delay in visa clearance cancelled our trip,” Shanthi told Deccan Herald.
Aadish’s parents Shanthi and Somaiah , despite financial constraints at home, have been striving hard to see that their son achieves greater heights in the mind game, in the coming days.